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The Poipet Strip: nine casinos that are small a gambling no-man’s-land between the Cambodian and Thai passport control counters. (Image: scbsme.com)

While last month’s armed forces coup in Thailand, which toppled the democratically elected government, may be considered a cause for concern to the international community, it’s reportedly been a huge boon to the small Cambodian gambling town of Poipet, just across the border. Poipet has for ages been a destination that is popular the people of Thailand, where gambling on anything other than domestic horseracing and the national lottery is illegal, despite a general enthusiasm among the population.

Nonetheless, the newest junta that is military authoritarian crackdown on illegal gambling enterprises and gambling dens in Thailand is directing the former customers of the regrettable establishments eagerly towards the table games of Poipet.

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The influx remains something of the shock to the Poipet operators, however, because within the full days following the coup they stated that the quantity of visitors to the town had dropped considerably. At the start of June